Yeah, Go the Blacks!
Last weekend Man O’ War hosted some fantastic trade partners from all around New Zealand and a few friends from across the ditch in Australia.
We kicked off the weekend with dinner on the Friday night at one of our key accounts SPQR in Ponsonby, to give the Aussies a taste of kiwi cuisine and check out the Auckland nightlife, later venturing to the Ponsonby Social Club to see our friends Sharr & Chris. A fairly tame ni
ght was had by all, as we had a big day
planned on Saturday!
ght was had by all, as we had a big day
planned on Saturday! First thing Saturday we met at the ferry terminal in downtown Auckland.
We had a fabulous group of trade partners with us for the day including Aaron Winwood from Domaine Wine Shippers, our distributors in Australia, Aaron looks after most key accounts in Sydney city and is also a qualified sommelier.
We also had Simon from Catalina Restaurant in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and Wiremu from Bacash Melbourne. From Auckland we had Sharr, Chris and Rodney from the Ponsonby Social Club, Les Morgan from the Duxton Hotel Group, Francis and Kevin Fitzgerald from Fitzgerald’s Wine, Bill and a few of his friends from the Village Winery and several more keen wine enthusiast.
We also had Simon from Catalina Restaurant in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and Wiremu from Bacash Melbourne. From Auckland we had Sharr, Chris and Rodney from the Ponsonby Social Club, Les Morgan from the Duxton Hotel Group, Francis and Kevin Fitzgerald from Fitzgerald’s Wine, Bill and a few of his friends from the Village Winery and several more keen wine enthusiast.
A very blowy ride over and yet I couldn’t get the Aussies to sit down, a little like the local paparazzi out in force; I was worried we may have lost one of them along the way.
Matt Allen Man O’ War’s Vineyard manager started the day with a tour of our gorgeous property, albeit a touch windy and then down to the winery to meet Duncan McTavish our famed wine maker.
We tried barrel samples and all of the individual components to our 2008 flagship Ironclad Bordeaux Blend, which was an interesting exercise and went down a treat with the wine nerds in the room (which was most of us!).
Back for lunch at Anchorage and another wine tasting of all of our recent releases and homemade venison pie thanks to Guan and Deb!
Back for lunch at Anchorage and another wine tasting of all of our recent releases and homemade venison pie thanks to Guan and Deb!
We loaded onto the ferry for our ride back to Auckland and then straight to the Duxton where Les had organised an incredible spread of food and more Man O’ War wine for the group.
The Rugby... well what a game! Duncan McTavish and his charming girlfriend Vanessa helped me co host the evening and
these photos should sum up the fun that was had and of course the fabulous win from the All Blacks!
After the rugby we piled into cabs and headed to La Zeppa for tapas, more Man O’ War wine and many more laughs!
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